Nelson has Company
Canon 1000D, 80mm, f/4, 1/1600s, ISO 200
One of my oldest « keepers », this photo was shot in 2009 in Trafalgar Square, mid morning in late fall, from the back of a moving cab. I like the parallel between the lamppost and the column.
At God’s Door
Fuji x100f, 28mm, f/5.6, 1/120s, ISO 200
Lots of churches in Valencia. Lots of beggars also.
Spiral Wave
Fuji x100f, 28mm, f/2, 1/60s, ISO 400
From the top of the San Catalina tower in Valencia, the view is magnificent, but the best thing is looking down into the narrow staircase. Looking back at this picture, I find it verging on the abstract, and it reminds me of the graphical world of Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas…
Hand in the Shadows
Fuji x100f, 35mm, f/2.8, 1/30s, ISO 1600
As one would expect, there were a lot of churches in Valencia, but my favourite was clearly Santa Catalina. Unlike the fancier cathedral, it felt like having macerated for a while, with bordeline creepy iconography. This statue (and the resulting shadow) struck me.
Wood & Stone
Fuji x100f, 28mm, f/5.6, 1/75s, ISO 200
The weather wasn’t glorious during my short stay in Valencia, but you make the most of what you have. That’s why I went for a somewhat bleak processing of this old palace entrance near the Central Market. Goes with my series of Père Lachaise shots from a few months back.
Tokyo Night Life
Fuji x100f, 35mm, f/2.8, 1/60s, ISO 3200
In Akihabara there’s a sharp contrast between the main arteries, full of light, tall buildings, gaudy colours, and the back alleys. I spent a good while in those back alleys, trying to capture the slightly seedy feel of them. I think this shot did it.
A Cozy Chat
Fuji x100f, 28mm, f/2.5, 1/25s, ISO 3200
Walking around the narrow alleyways in Nakano I saw all these little eating places that looked so Japanese. I wanted to shoot people in them though, so this one with a clear(ish) window offered me that opportunity.
Narrow Wan Chai Alleyway
Fuji xpro-2, 15mm, f/8, 1/70s, ISO 200
Hong Kong is more than just large avenues lined with scrapers: there’s dingy narrow alleys as well, where cars can’t go and there’s no public lighting.
Sheep Above Tin Hau
Fuji xpro-2, 15mm, f/11, 1/60s, ISO 500
As I was taking my daughter to the schoolbus early one morning, I happened to look up to this amazing mottled sky. As soon as she was in the bus, I ran back home, grabbed my camera and wide angle lens and came back to shoot this.
Above Central
Fuji xpro-2, 15mm, f/8, 1/480s, ISO 200
One of the things I wanted to do with a wide-angle lens was vertical shots of Hong Kong. It’s such a vertical city that these vertical scapes offer great variety. In Central of course is where the buildings are the highest…
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